Passports from Japan and Singapore are now the most powerful in the world, granting bearers access to 180 countries without travel visas.

The information comes from a new report by Henley & Partners, a global citizenship and residence advisory firm. Every year they publish a new Henley Passport Index. This index shows which passports around the world allow bearers to cross the most borders.

Last year’s winner was the German passport which takes the second spot with access to 179 destinations.

The reason for Japanese and Singaporean passports pulling ahead is partially due to Uzbekistan lifting restrictions on both countries. In addition, last year Paraguay removed restrictions on passports from Singapore.

The least powerful passport according to the Henley Passport Index is that of Afghanistan which allows bearers visa-free access to just 24 countries. Slightly better are Iraq (27), Syria (28), Pakistan (30) and Somalia (32).

The top ten most powerful passports 2018:

According to the Henley Passport Index, the top 10 spaces are occupied by the following passports: